elemental

英[,elɪ'ment(ə)l] 美[,ɛlɪ'mɛntl]

1. being or resembling a force of nature;

"elemental violence"

2. being the ultimate or elemental constituents of anything;

"the elemental stuff of...out of which the many forms of life have been molded"- Jack London

"the ultimate ingredients of matter"

"his proposal is elegantly simple"

3. relating to or being an element;

"elemental sulphur"

4. relating to severe atmospheric conditions;

"a race against hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe"- J.K.Howard